tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post2096352441212775836..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Let there be folkRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88607025080967841592009-01-30T14:49:00.000+00:002009-01-30T14:49:00.000+00:00Oh Dave...I'd get bigheaded if it weren't for the ...Oh Dave...I'd get bigheaded if it weren't for the fact that I know you're nice to everybody!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-52476807733269227242009-01-30T12:10:00.000+00:002009-01-30T12:10:00.000+00:00Brilliant poem. I am full os admiration.Brilliant poem. I am full os admiration.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24805966360093804472009-01-29T19:52:00.000+00:002009-01-29T19:52:00.000+00:00FF, oh heck...that's a long way to fly! Maybe if y...FF, oh heck...that's a long way to fly! Maybe if you could get me a private jet...or maybe you'd best come to Scotland. I could do a phone interview on the radio I suppose...<BR/><BR/>And Dominic - you're absolutely right. Sometimes people react in a way that takes you completely by surprise...fantastic when it happens. And I'm often amazed by which people like which poems.<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13751936339968018212009-01-29T19:40:00.000+00:002009-01-29T19:40:00.000+00:00I always thought the plural of haggis was... haggi...I always thought the plural of haggis was... haggis. Like sheep and fish.<BR/><BR/>What I like about reading poetry aloud is the audience reaction - it's sometimes quite surprising, and useful. Bits you're really pleased with can go down like lead balloons while things you'd not thought of as particularly special can go down really well.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-10551310111335461312009-01-29T19:30:00.000+00:002009-01-29T19:30:00.000+00:00That does it. I need to go to Scotland to hear yo...That does it. I need to go to Scotland to hear you perform. Or you could come here. Then we'd get you on our favorite live radio show, Live Wire! in Portland Oregon, so you'd be exposed to zillions of Pacific Northwesterners. I'll bet it would make Jon Stewart become a poetry fan.<BR/><BR/>Tell me when your plane arrives. We'll pick you up anytime, day or night!Fantastic Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08044290192610027408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-59946701646169492392009-01-28T13:27:00.000+00:002009-01-28T13:27:00.000+00:00Thanks Barbara. I'm slack in lots of other areas o...Thanks Barbara. I'm slack in lots of other areas of course (housework, beauty 'regime'...all that stuff that fills up some women's lives...and some men too of course...).<BR/>I did put 'Folk club' in the book. It's another one that I knew wouldn't win me any fans amongst the 'proper' poetry world but...I'm not sure that's ever going to be my place! If I'd tried to put together a book to get into the proper zone I would have been taking someone else's route...and it probably wouldn't have worked anyway. You just have to do your own thing, don't you. Sometimes it 'works', sometimes it doesn't. Keeps things interesting!<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28814109850451083632009-01-28T13:14:00.000+00:002009-01-28T13:14:00.000+00:00A lovely account of the performing side of poetry,...A lovely account of the performing side of poetry, which is just as important as what goes on the page. And I do like the Folk Poem, that's in your book, isn't it? Lovely post, Rachel - I love how thorough you are :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24461017865969858382009-01-28T11:19:00.000+00:002009-01-28T11:19:00.000+00:00Mission accomplished, Weaver. See you on the boat....Mission accomplished, Weaver. See you on the boat.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-90613176246843163222009-01-28T10:55:00.000+00:002009-01-28T10:55:00.000+00:00Rachel - if you have time today pop to my blog and...Rachel - if you have time today pop to my blog and let us know the luxury you will take to the Desert Island. We have our books and we are setting sail today!The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25844292685277670862009-01-28T10:23:00.000+00:002009-01-28T10:23:00.000+00:00Good luck with it, Liz. I would say these are impo...Good luck with it, Liz. I would say these are important pointers:<BR/><BR/>-enjoy yourself doing it. It's really a new way to love and enjoy the words you have chosen.<BR/>-don't speak too quicky! And don't be afraid of silence and pauses. Let the audience keep up!<BR/>-make the introduction suit the poem. Think about it long and hard...the introductions can help or hinder the poem, I think, so they are worth getting right. There are poems that can survive no intro at all...but think long and hard about that too.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure I'll think of other things as time goes by...<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-33131036576060688322009-01-28T10:12:00.000+00:002009-01-28T10:12:00.000+00:00Rachel, very interesting account...especially sinc...Rachel, very interesting account...especially since I am just about to venture into 'the poetry aloud' territory - the thing is that on writing my poems, I never imagined them read aloud...so have to look anew <BR/>on them and get cracking on practising! <BR/>I'm about to treat myself to an early birthday present - an !Phone! : )<BR/>x <BR/><BR/>(word verification: sadderme! oh no! ; ))Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990807765195683301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-37514958190933077952009-01-27T19:37:00.000+00:002009-01-27T19:37:00.000+00:00I have been thinking of doing some more recording....I have been thinking of doing some more recording...maybe we'll get round to that some time soon.<BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-32719083837098531922009-01-27T19:32:00.000+00:002009-01-27T19:32:00.000+00:00Susan S beat me to it! I truly loved that line..w...Susan S beat me to it! I truly loved that line..well done you!<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's time for your Beloved to get out his iphone again and let you do some recording. After all, Small Girl had to get it from someone, right? :)hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-62632055525435637112009-01-27T18:55:00.000+00:002009-01-27T18:55:00.000+00:00Well if you go and read Jim Murdoch's Truth about ...Well if you go and read Jim Murdoch's Truth about Lies blog just now Weaver you will find quite the opposing viewpoint!<BR/><BR/>I think poetry can work well in all kinds of situations (reading quietly at home, performed in a pub, shouted from rooftops, read to music...) - it depends on the poem, on the poet, on the occasion. I do enjoy reading to audiences but there are some poems that I don't read out much because they just need a different kind of attention. <BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-1429145908861242612009-01-27T18:50:00.000+00:002009-01-27T18:50:00.000+00:00Interesting to read of your progression through to...Interesting to read of your progression through to reading your own work aloud. I too belong an unsatisfactory writing group which doesn't seem to be getting anywhere. Both Dominic and I felt, on reading your book, that your poetry was asking to be read aloud. And that should really be the purpose of all poetry, shouldn't it?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-25851670636365882632009-01-27T18:41:00.000+00:002009-01-27T18:41:00.000+00:00Kat - yes, an audience does like to be part of wha...Kat - yes, an audience does like to be part of what you are doing (some of the time). As for the crisps...we have a few audience members who like to eat crisps loudly during the quietest, tenderest ballads! Funnily enough the one guilty party I was writing about is not one of the ones who asked 'is that about me?'<BR/><BR/>No folk clubs? Loads of the guests we have are Canadians. You need to get someone to set one up!<BR/><BR/>Susan - yes, I like the chairs bit, as I say. Sometimes a perfect little line just drops out into your lap, as it were! I wrote it, looked at it and thought 'yes, that is JUST what it is like - hurray!'. It could apply to other types of events too of course.<BR/><BR/>And Juliet...yes, I get more excited than nervous these days but for the first couple of months reading at the club I was fairly nervous. The things that make me really, proper silly nervous are not performance-related - they are more to do with travelling (driving, flying and being on crowded trains!).<BR/><BR/>xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-44352465466784462302009-01-27T18:19:00.000+00:002009-01-27T18:19:00.000+00:00I know exactly how you feel with the nerves, I hav...I know exactly how you feel with the nerves, I have loads of experience of being in front of an audience but nothing brings on the nerves like performing poetry. I love a mixed audience, I used to love performing at Kin and Silencio, two now defunct Edinburgh music and poetry nights and haven't really found anywhere else quite like them...Crafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20689789029661542442009-01-27T17:14:00.000+00:002009-01-27T17:14:00.000+00:00We listen as oneJust on separate chairsthat is GRE...We listen as one<BR/>Just on separate chairs<BR/><BR/><BR/>that is GREAT!SUSAN SONNENhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17348324221180443517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-6108271115073232792009-01-27T16:23:00.000+00:002009-01-27T16:23:00.000+00:00That's a wonderful poem, Rachel. I'm sure the "fol...That's a wonderful poem, Rachel. I'm sure the "folk" who hear you read it are very entertained. An audience loves to hear about itself, doesn't it?<BR/>I like the line about the chairs too, but "the odd crunch of crisps" is a great one as well.<BR/><BR/>I've got a book-seller interested in holding an open mic so I can read the poem I wrote about her very fat cat. She wants to hold an event on "World Poetry Day" March 21st. <BR/><BR/>Sadly, we have no "folk clubs" here, or else I'd be haunting them.<BR/><BR/>KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.com